| SP | sacroposterior; sacrum to pubis; salivary progesterone; schizotypal personality; semi-private [room]... |
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| ACPA | American Cleft Palate Association |
| BCLP | bilateral cleft of lip and palate |
| CP | candle power; capillary pressure; cardiac pacing; cardiac performance; cardiopulmonary; caudate puta... |
| CPLS | cleft palate-lateral synechia syndrome |
| hard palate | The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is the front of the palate and is in front of the soft palate. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| primary palate | In the early embryo, the mesoderm-filled shelf, formed from the medial nasal process, that anteriorly separates the oral cavity below from the primitive nasal cavities above. Synonym: primitive palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primitive palate | In the early embryo, the mesoderm-filled shelf, formed from the medial nasal process, that anteriorly separates the oral cavity below from the primitive nasal cavities above. Synonym: primitive palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary palate | The posterior portion of the embryonic palate, which forms from the palatal processes of the embryonic maxilla and develops into the hard palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| falling palate | Relaxation or elongation of the uvula. Synonym: falling palate, staphylodialysis, staphyloptosis, uvulaptosis. Origin: uvulo-+ G. Ptosis, a falling (05 Mar 2000) |
| anal cleft | The sulcus between the buttocks (nates). Synonym: crena ani, anal cleft, crena clunium, gluteal cleft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brachial cleft cyst | A cervical cyst arising from the persistence of ectodermal brachial cleft (groove) or endodermal pharyngeal pouches. (27 Sep 1997) |
| branchial cleft cyst | Also called a branchial cyst, this is a cavity that is a remnant from embryologic development present at birth in one side of the neck just in front of the large angulated muscle on either side (the sternocleidomastoid muscle). The cyst may not be recognised until adolescence as it enlarges its oval shape. Sometimes it develops a sinus or drainage pathway to the surface of the skin from which mucus can be expressed. Total surgical excision is the treatment of choice. Recurrence is not expected. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rathke's cleft cyst | An intrasellar or suprasellar cyst lined by cuboidal epithelium derived from remnants of Rathke's pouch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival cleft | A fissure associated with pocket formation and lined by mixed gingival and pocket epithelium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| visceral cleft | Any cleft between two branchial (visceral) arches in the embryo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| median maxillary anterior alveolar cleft | <anatomy> An asymptomatic midline defect of the maxillary anterior ridge; the result of a failure of fusion or development of the lateral halves of the palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gluteal cleft | The sulcus between the buttocks (nates). Synonym: crena ani, anal cleft, crena clunium, gluteal cleft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| residual cleft | The remnants of the pituitary diverticulum that occur between the pars distalis and pars intermedia; a distinct lumen is present in some animals, but, in humans, is present only during prenatal development and sometimes in young children. Synonym: residual lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cholesterol cleft | A space caused by the dissolving out of cholesterol crystals in sections of tissue embedded in paraffin. (05 Mar 2000) |